MV941K Selected Issues of Roman Law

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. JUDr. Pavel Salák, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Mgr. Radek Černoch, Ph.D. et Ph.D.
Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of the History of the State and Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each odd Tuesday 10:00–11:40 020
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV941K/01: Mon 30. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Tuesday 10:00–11:40 038, R. Černoch, P. Salák
Prerequisites
MP203Zk Roman Law II
Active participation in classes, final coloquium (see methods of assessment). Elementary knowledge of relevant foreign languages welcomed, but not necessary (all required texts and fragments will be in Czech or with Czech translation).
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 25/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
Aim of the course is to deepen the students' knowledge in the area of Roman law. The individual seminars are focused on topics which are not taught in the compulsary course of Roman law (public criminal law), or are dealt with only in limited extent (such as some aspects of the law of obligation or succession, which are nonetheless of high impact on the subsequent legal development and even on the today's legal regulation. By examining real casess, students will gain ability to critically and exegetically analyse Roman law texts as well the sources influenced by Roman law.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Search the literature and other sources for the thesis
- Compare the sources and to do the critic of them
- Identify the influence of Roman law upon subsequent legal regulation
Syllabus
  • 1) Introductory seminar, basic methodological bases for work with texts in the area of Roman law, online and offline sources, databases, translations 2) Criminal law - crimes against the state 3) War prey and military criminal law 4) Analyses of testaments 5) Substitution, causa Curiana, § 608 ABGB and § 1512 CzechCC 6) Military testament 7) Contract of sale vs. contract of piece of work to be done 8) Development of interests and its subsequent impact 9) Forms of testator's expression of will 10) Lex Caecilia Didia and „wild riders“ in the decisions of Czech Constitutional Court 11) Roman criminal law - violent crimes and punishment 12) Falcidian quarter 13) Final seminar (summary, repetition, eventually first attempt to gain credits) (order of seminars subject to change)
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Další literatura k jednotlivým tématům
  • Digesta, seu, Pandectae :fragmenta selecta. Edited by Michal Skřejpek, Translated by Peter Blaho - Radek Černoch. První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2019, 746 stran. ISBN 9788024643328. URL info
  • Digesta, seu, Pandectae :fragmenta selecta. Translated by Peter Blaho - Jarmila Bartošíková - Michal Skřejpek - Jakub Ž. První vydání. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2015, 701 stran. ISBN 9788024630632. URL info
  • SOMMER, Otakar. Učebnice soukromého práva římského. Edited by Jiří Spáčil. 2. nezměn. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, 356 s. ISBN 9788073576165. info
  • SOMMER, Otakar. Učebnice soukromého práva římského. Edited by Jiří Spáčil. Praha: Wolters Kluwer Česká republika, 2011, xxii, 220. ISBN 9788073576165. info
  • Justiniánské instituce. Edited by Michal Skřejpek, Translated by Peter Blaho. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2010, 411 s. ISBN 9788024617497. info
  • BONFANTE, Pietro. Instituce římského práva. Translated by Jan Vážný. 9. vyd. V Brně: Nákladem Čs. Akademického spolku Právník, 1932, xx, 745. URL info
  • HEYROVSKÝ, Leopold. Dějiny a system soukromého práva římského. 4. opr. vyd. V Praze: Nakladatelství J. Otto, 1910, 1243 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Opening lecture into each topic and its development followed by seminary discussions and analyses of cases and judicial decisions.
Assessment methods
Solving a case and theoretical questions (70 % efficiency required) followed by discussion.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
The exact extent of the required literature with the determination of the pages is given in the interactive syllabus.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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